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C: Macintosh Update
Macintosh has changed a little since the enclosed manuals were printed. This manual update lets you know about improvements to the Finder and MacWrite. It also describes a new Font and Desk Accessory Mover and the Choose Printer desk accessory that are now included on the System Disk.
You can put this update aside for now; you don't really need to know about the changes it describes until you've been working with Macintosh for a while. Most of the changes just give you more speed and power in using your Macintosh. .
• See Macintosh, your owner's guide, to find out how Macintosh works in general.
• See the MacPaint and MacWrite manuals to find out how those applications work.
• You can also take a guided tour or two, to let the Macintosh demonstrate itself.
Updating Other Disks
Each enclosed disk includes the new Finder and other system changes; other applications you purchase may not You might want to update each of your startup disks with the new Finder and other system changes.
To update applications such as MacProject, MacDraw, or MacTerminal, replace their System Folders by copying the System Folder from the enclosed System Disk. See "Copying a Document, Folder, or Application to a Different Disk" in Macintosh, the owner's guide. Here are a few guid��ines about updating other disks:
. • Before you replace a disk's System Folder, make a backup copy of the disk. See "Copying an Entire Disk" in Macintosh, the owner's guide.
• Start up your Macintosh using one of the enclosed disks rather than thedisk whose System Folder you want to replace; you can't replace the System Folder of the current startup disk.
• Make sure the System Folder you want to replace (and the files within it) aren't locked. You can check this by selecting each file and choosing Get Info.
• If you have an external hard disk, replace the System Folder on the hard disk only, not on any other special disk you use with the hard disk to start your Macintosh.
When you replace a disk's System Folder, you lose any special fonts originally provided in that disk's System file. You can preserve existing fonts or desk accessories by using the Font/Desk Accessory Mover to move them from the disk's System file to a special font file and back again. See "About the Font/Desk Accessory Mover" in this update.
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.. . ,, About the New Finder
The Finder is the application you use to manage your Macintosh desktop. The new Finder (version 4.1) is faster than the old version and it works better with hard disks. It also has some added features such as the MiniFinder, which lets you move quickly among the applications and documents you use most often. The new Finder works with any existing applications and documents without your having to make any changes to them.
Full Capabilities in Any View
With the old Finder you could duplicate, move, rename, or discard documents, folders, and applications only when directory windows were arranged by icon. With the new Finder you can do any of your desktop work with your directories in any arrangement-by icon, name, date, size, or kind. In any of the text views (any view other than by icon), a small icon appears to the left of the document name. Click, double-click, drag, or Shift-click this icon just as you would its counterpart in an icon view of the directory.
To rename a document when a directory isn't arranged by icon, select the name and edit it just as you edit icon names in an icon view or on the desktop.
Directories in text views also indicate (with a small padlock on the right) which of your documents are locked. If you lock a folder or if you physically lock the disk, the padlock appears in the top left comer just below the title bar.
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Cl System Update 99K application Mon1 Apr 81 1985
032-0017-A 2 Dragging Icons
In the past, you couldn't drag an icon to a "hollow" icon; you had to drag to the icon's directory window. Now you can drag an icon either to a directory window or to the hollow icon that remains behind when you open an icon. If you drag to a directory window, you can place the icon wherever you want it; if you drag to a hollow icon, the Finder will place it in the next available spot.
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Naming Icons
In the past, typing renamed any selected icon, whether you had explicitly clicked it or not. Now you click explicitly on an icon or icon name to edit its name, even if the icon is already selected. This means you're less likely to rename disks accidentally. There are a couple of exceptions: When you create a new folder by choosing New Folder, or when you duplicate or move a document, folder, or application, typing renames what's selected, without your having to click it first. (This is true in text views as well.)
If you give an icon a name that's the same as an icon you just dragged to the Trash, the Trash is automatically emptied, so you can use the name again.
Ejecting Disks
Now choosing Eject always ejects a disk (if one's inserted and it isn't a hard disk), even if none is selected. The Finder looks for any inserted disk to eject. Choosing Eject again ejects any other inserted disk.
If you want your Macintosh to forget about a disk (and not ask for it again), drag the disk to the Trash. This doesn't erase the disk; it just ejects it and removes the icon from the desktop.
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You can't drag the current startup disk to the Trash.
You can't edit an ejected disk's comment box (in the Get Info window) or that of any of the documents on that disk.
The • Menu
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The About the Finder Command
The About the Finder command in the Apple menu now tells you the memory size of the Macintosh you're using. (Memory used for MacWorks is subtracted on a Macintosh XL.)
The Choose Printer Desk Accessory
The Choose Printer Desk Accessory is available in theApple menu both in the Finder and in any application you start using an updated startup disk. See "About the Choose Printer Desk Accessory" on page 8.
032-0017-A 4 The File Menu
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The New Folder Command
There's a new command -New Folder-in the File menu. Choosing this command creates a new folder (so you no longer have to duplicate an existing folder). You can rename the folder immediately after you create it, by typing the name you want. Rename it any other time by selecting the name or icon and editing it in the usual way.
New folders appear in the frontmost window on the desktop. The command is dimmed if no windows are open.
Ifyou worked throughthe tutorial in Chapter 1 of Macintosh, the owner's guide, note that we've put an empty folder on the enclosed disks for you to duplicate as the tutorial describes. But with the new Finder, just choose New Folder when you want an empty folder.
The Page Setup Command
The Page Setup command lets you set up the orientation and size of directories you print using the Print Catalog command. In the Finder, this command works only with the Print Catalog command; a document's page setup is controlled by the Page Setup command in the application.
The Print Catalog Command
There's a new Print Catalog command in the File menu that prints the contents of the active directory window-in whatever view you have the directory arranged.
Note that Close All and Put Back have been removed from the File menu.
032-0017-A 5 The Special Menu
Clean Up E:mptl.t "frnsh [rns<� m�k s •� t S 1 Shut Down The Use MiniFinder Command To move quickly between applications, you can now place the applications and documents you use most often in the MiniFinder. Here's how to use the MiniFinder: • In the Finder, select what you want to place in the MiniFinder. You can select up to a total of twelve mixed or matched documents and applications. You might, for example, select the applications you use most often, the documents you're currently working on, or both. (You can easily change what's in the MiniFinder whenever you want.) The documents and/or applications you select must all be in the same directory window. Drag them there before you select them if necessary. Any applications you need to work on your MiniFinder documents must be on the same disk as the documents. You can move between disks in the MiniFinder. • Choose Use MiniFinder from the Special menu. • Click Install. The next time you start your Macintosh using this disk or quit an application on this disk, the MiniFinder will appear instead of the usual desktop. (The spatial order of the applications and documents in the MiniFinder corresponds to their order in the Finder.) • Open an application or document that's installed in the MiniFinder by selecting it and clicki�g the Open button or double-clicking the icon. You can also click any of the other buttons on the right. Clicking Finder (or pressing the Enter key) takes you back to the Finder. Open Other opens applications that aren't installed in the MiniFinder (as well as those that are installed), whether they're on the same or other disks. Clicking Shut Down ejects any inserted disks and restarts the Macintosh. • To change what's in the MiniFinder, click the Finder button to return to the Finder, select the applications and documents you want in the MiniFinder, choose Use MiniFinder, and click Install. 032-0017-A 6 • To stop using the MiniFinder, return to the Finder, choose Use MiniFinder, and click Remove. Dragging the MiniFinder icon to the Trash also removes the MiniFinder. You can install the MiniFinder on any of your disks that contain applications, even if they're not startup disks. When you start up your Macintosh, it uses any MiniFinder it can find, even if it's not on the startup disk. The Shut Down Command There's another new command in the Special menu. Choosing Shut Down ejects any inserted disks (first saving any necessary information) and then restarts the Macintosh. This is a shortcut for when you want to restart the Macintosh using a different startup disk. On a Macintosh XL, choosing Shut Down turns thepower off, but not on again. Lost Folders Ifthe Finder has an error and can't reconstruct your folders exactly as they were, the top level of the folder hierarchy will be remembered (although the names will be lost and the folders will be renamed Unnamed #1, #2, and so forth). The Open •.. Dialog Box When you choose Open within an application, a list of files appears for you to select from. In the past, you could type a character to select the frrst document starting with that character (or the first document to follow in alphabetical order). Now as you continue to type additional characters, any file that matches the characters you type is found and selected. If you pause while typing, the Finder considers the next character to be a new request, rather than a continuation of your first request. The keyboard touch (which you set in the Control Panel) determines how long the Finder waits for additional characters in a single request. Rnn Reu ( Open ) Update oe's Schedule ( Eject ) Moil to Louella Projects ( Cancel ) ( Driue ) Thanks to Sand 032-0017-A 7 About the Choose Printer Desk Accessory The Choose Printer desk accessory lets you print from any attached printer for which there is a printing resource file on the current startup disk. (A printing resourcefile is a system file that usually has the same name as the printer itself.) If you're using an Imagewriter, you probably won't use the Choose Printer desk accessory. The Macintosh is preset to print documents on an Imagewriter connected to the Printer port (Serial port B on a Macintosh XL). You'll use Choose Printer only ifyou connect AppleTalk or another piece of hardware to the Printer port and want to designate the Modem · port for the Imagewriter. 1 magemriter � Port: 0 Conn Printers other than the lmagewriter, such as the LaserWriter, include disks containing a Printer Install application that installs the printing resource file (sometimes called a "driver") for that printer. Once you install the printer on a disk and physically connect it to your Macintosh, it appears as a possible printer to use when you choose Choose Printer. 032-0017-A 8 About the Font and Desk Accessory Mover This update replaces "Using Font Mover to Claim More Space on the Disk" in Chapter 3 of Macintosh, the owner's guide. As new fonts and desk accessories become available, you may want to add some of them to your startup disks. But fonts and desk accessories can take up a fair amount of space on a disk, so you probably won't want your complete set on every startup disk. The Font arui Desk Accessory Mover (Font/DA Mover) is an application for copying fonts and desk accessories among disks or removing them from disks. The Apple and Fonts menus in any application always contain the desk accessories and fonts in the current startup disk's System file (a file in the System Folder). You can also store collections of fonts and accessories in special font and desk accessory files the Macintosh uses just for that purpose. When you want to use the fonts or accessories in those files with an application, you use FontJDA Mover to add them to the System file of the startup disk you'll be using with that application. Using the Font/DA Mover to Add or Remove Fonts or Desk ·Accessories • Open Font/DA Mover. Select the icon and choose Open from the File menu, or just double-click the icon. FontJDA Mover is included on the System Disk; you can open it there or copy it to any other disk. See "Copying a Document, Folder, or Application to a Different Disk" in Macintosh, the owner's guide. @Font Mouer 0 Desk Accessory Chicago 12 � ( [ OPfJ ) Q Geneua 9 Geneua 12 ( H•�mou•� ) Monaco 9 Monaco 12 New York 9 New York 12 0 0 System on Update ( Help ) 58K free ( Close ) ( Quit ) ( Open ... �J 032-0017-A 9 • Click either the Font or the Desk Accessory button, depending on which you want to add or remove. The list on the left includes all fonts or desk accessories in the System file on the current startup disk (whether it's in the internal or the external disk drive). The list on the right includes fonts and desk accessories in the System file on any other inserted startup disk. • Use the Open buttons to present lists of any other font and desk accessory files on any inserted disk. If necessary, first click Close to close the file currently displayed. Each Open button lets you control what's displayed in its list. Both the file you're looking at and the disk it's on are shown below each list. Whenever you click an Open button, a dialog box with a list of files appears. Use the Eject or Drive buttons to look at font and accessory files on other disks or other files on the same disk. The name of the disk you're looking at is always shown in the top right. If you have a one-drive system, clicking the Open button on the right side automatically presents a list of font and accessory files on the same disk. If you want to look at another disk, click Eject and insert the disk you want to work with. • Open the file you want to look at by selecting its name and then clicking Open. Fonts � System Open J Update ( � ( New ) ( Eject ) ( Cancel ) ( Driue ) You can look at and work with any existing System, font, or desk accessory files. The Fonts file on the System Disk contains new fonts you may want to add to some of your disks. • Or create a new file for your own collection of fonts or accessories by clicking New, naming the file, and clicking Create. 032-0017-A 10 New Font File Name: Update I Carol's ( Eject ) ;oJ ( Create [ Cancel ) [ OriiH� ) • Select the fonts or desk accessories you want to copy or remove. Chicago 12 � [ «Copy � J Taliesin 18 � Geneua 9 Geneua 12 ( Remoue ) Monaco 9 Monaco 12 8074 bytes New York 9 New York 12 K} selected System Fonts on Paint ( Help ) on Update 90K free 50K free ( Close ) ( Quit ) ( Close ) You can select from either list. Click to select a single font or accessory, hold down the Shift key while you click additional single fonts or accessories, or drag to select a group. Shift-click to deselect a selected file. The number of bytes selected is displayed as well as the amount of space available on the disk. Both the name of the current file and the name of the disk it's on are displayed below each list. When a single font is selected, the name, size, and a sample of the font are shown at the bottom of the window; when more than one font is selected, or when an accessory is selected, nothing is displayed there. • Click Copy to copy the selected fonts or accessories in the direction the arrows point, or click Remove to remove the selected fonts or accessories. 032-0017-A 11 This copies the fonts or desk accessories to the opposite flle, or removes the fonts or accessories from the flle you opened If you remove all fonts or accessories from a flle, the flle itself will be gone the next time you click Open. Only fonts and desk accessories in the current startup disk's System flle are available to applications you use with that disk. • Click Quit. In the Finder, you can drag any font or accessory flles you no longer need to theTrash, or copy or move these flles between disks. See "Copying a Document, Folder, or Application to a DifferentDisk" or "Moving a Document, Folder, or Application to a Different Disk" in Macintosh, the owner's guide. Opening anyfont or accessory flle automatically opens Font/DA Mover. If you have old font flles (with a different icon), you can use the new Font/DA Mover to work with them;just open the Font/DA Mover rather than the font file itself. C1] A font file ____ N•wsl•tt•r fonts A desk accessoryfile ------LID Carol's You canhave only as many fonts available at one time in an application as will fit in the application's Font menu. (This number varies, depending on the application.) You're limited to 15desk accessories in a disk's System file. You can use Font/DA Mover to create an auxiliary set of fonts or accessories. Later you can move the current System file fonts or accessories to another font or accessory file you create, and then copy your auxiliary file to your System ft.le. You can alternate between the two fonts ft.les (or any others you create) whenever you want. 032-0017-A 12